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Well I guess that is just your opinion, and that's fine, but it seems silly to me. I mean you now what that zygote is.
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heh... a zygote is a cluster of human cells that can grow into a human being. i don't see this cluster of cells as being a human being at all.
and, you are not going to remove utilitarian concerns from women who become pregnant - you realize that when you talk about underground abortions. that underscores my point about how the anti-choice crowd, in general, views mothers as the "bad guy" and isn't willing to support them (or their babies) once they give birth.
an individual has dominion over their own body. earlier you suggested that she has an obligation to be responsible and must birth the child, even if she's unprepared for the reality of motherhood. is this the sort of obligation that must be required by law, or is this a moral obligation that should be left up to the individual? i choose the latter.
also, i'm not much of a fan of badnarik, but on this issue he made a good point. if the state has the right to force pregnancy (i.e. by removing the choice to have an abortion), then it would also have the right to force abortion (like china). why? because by forcing pregnancy, you've affectively said that the state has jurisdiction over a woman's own body. you want that tattoo? nope, can't have that either, the state said so.